The Pilot Research Approach

Pilot Research has a reputation for solid, comprehensive, evidence-based policy research and evaluation across a variety of social policy areas; with a particular focus in the criminal justice system, policing, race and ethnic relations, community-based strategies for change, restorative justice, crime prevention and offender rehabilitation and societal reintegration.

The Pilot Research Approach includes:

attention to contextual as well as specific local patterns and factors

a formative evaluation strategy calling for close collaboration with clients and stakeholders in all phases of the assessment

use of a wide variety of qualitative and quantitative methods appropriate to the tasks at hand

commitment to the norms of careful data management, confidentiality and anonymity of participants’ information, and attention to the dimensions of effectiveness, efficiency and equity in social policy assessments.